Part of Finance Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:30 pm on 22 May 2007.
I apologise to the hon. Member for Fareham: I did not read fully and correctly the punctuation of the schedule before us. It seemed to me that, to understand these amendments, it was important to put them in the context of the schedule. With your permission, Mr. Illsley, I should like to frame all the amendments together, accepting your right not only to determine that we should vote on separate groups but to allow a second debate on the second group, if you prefer. It seems that the amendments are all of a piece, as they emerged from a detailed set of consultations that I have been able to update in recent days. There was not a principal distinction between the two groups, but I am happy to take your guidance, Mr. Illsley.